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  • 41Innocent — In no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] In Scotland a natural fool was called an… …

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  • 42Innocents' day — Innocent In no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] In Scotland a natural fool was… …

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  • 43naif — (adj.) 1590s, from Fr. naïf, lit. naive (see NAIVE (Cf. naive)). As a noun, first attested 1893, from French, where O.Fr. naif also meant native inhabitant; simpleton, natural fool …

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  • 44idiots a nativitate — An idiot from birth, a natural fool,–a person who was without understanding from the time of his birth, and therefore is presumed by law never likely to attain any. See 1 Bl Comm 302 …

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  • 45hob —  the back of the chimney : to make a hob, to make a false step ; probably hence to hobble. N.  > a natural fool, a blockhead. N …

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  • 46hub —  the back of the chimney : to make a hob, to make a false step ; probably hence to hobble. N.  > a natural fool, a blockhead. N …

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  • 47AEthusa Cynapium — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… …

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  • 48fulmar — /fool meuhr/, n. any of certain oceanic birds of the petrel family, esp. Fulmarus glacialis, a gull like Arctic species. [1690 1700; orig. dial. (Hebrides) < Icel ful stinking, FOUL + mar gull (with reference to its stench)] * * * Any of several&#8230; …

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  • 49biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old&#8230; …

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